To be recognized as smart and sustainable, a city should be able to provide better employment opportunities and healthcare facilities, better options for education, better services, social inclusion and civic benefits, without putting an irreversible burden on the environment and its natural resources. A city can only be smart and sustainable if it is shaped to be economically, socially, environmentally and technologically sound. This session will provide an open platform for knowledge transfer to discuss the key attributes that define Smart Sustainable Cities (SSC) taking into account the different perspectives of the key stakeholders involved. Focus will also be placed on expanding Latin American megacities.

ICT can increase the quality of life of cities' citizenry by improving the efficiency and quality of the services provided, fostering personal growth and social cohesion, lessening the burden on the environment and its natural resources. Thus, this section will provide a platform to discuss how ICTs can help to shape smart sustainable cities as well as highlight the role played by policy makers, industry, academia, international organizations and NGOs.

Nir Kshetri, Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA :The Entrepreneurial Dimension of Smart Sustainable Cities: Evidence from South Korea [ Biography EN | Presentation EN ]

​Session 3: The Role of Policies and Standards to Promote Smart Sustainable Cities (SSC)

This session will provide a platform to discuss the role of policies and standards in the fostering of smart sustainable cities. This session will also present ongoing work developed by the ITU Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities.